Ashes 2015: England bowler Mark Wood 'may need ankle operation' - BBC Sport BBC Sport Ashes 2015: England bowler Mark Wood 'may need ankle operation' 18 Aug 2015 Mark Wood took the wicket that regained the Ashes for England at the end of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fifth Test Venue: The Oval, London Dates: 20-24 August Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. England bowler Mark Wood says he may need to have an operation to resolve his ankle problems. The Durham seamer, 25, missed the third Test at Edgbaston with the injury after a laboured display in the second Test, and has never played three consecutive first-class matches in his career. "Long-term, I think the ankle problem that I've got may need some work done to it," Wood said.

"I've never had an operation yet but that might be the case." He added: "Everyone saw that [in the second Test] at Lord's I struggled a bit so I might have to have that operation done." Wood is in the squad for the fifth Test against Australia at Lord's, which starts on Thursday, but could miss out if James Anderson is passed fit, despite taking the wicket that won the Ashes for England in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. He finished with match figures of 1-13 in the first innings and 3-69 in the second innings. "Jimmy's got 400 wickets and he's England's lead bowler," Wood added. "He had a bowl yesterday and he seemed fine, and if he's fit and ready to go it looks like he would get the nod. "It's out of my hands but I'm going to prepare how I've prepared for every other game." Share this page Ashes 2015: England v Australia, day three, fourth Test, Trent Bridge - Live - BBC Sport Read more about these links. Posted at 13:16 Journalist Piers Morgan: "All the criticism about Alastair Cook has been denounced by victory.

If you win you shut up the critics - critics like me who were very vociferous. I'm very pleased to be proved wrong. It's a magnificent victory for England. "I don't think today is the day to bang on about the KP debate. In a way that has been answered by England's victory. "Having said that it annoys me the way Pietersen was treated. This is a guy who won four Ashes series. So when it comes to him being a supposedly non-team payer it sticks in my gullet and his. He's 35 now. It will be difficult to see him getting back into the team." Share Read more about these links. Posted at 13:12 More from Clarke: "I started this game at six years at age but it's the right time. I have nothing but good memories - I've played with some great players and some great people. It's the right time for the team and I hope I have an opportunity to support the team through the tough times. "I remember receiving my baggie green from Warnie, but it's more the team's success that sticks out for me.

"The 2005 Ashes is special for me - that introduced me to how hard Test cricket is. I took a massive risk to be fit for the World Cup, but it was worth it. Cooky said it really well, you go through so many ups and downs you cop a lot of smacks in the mouth." Share BBC Radio 5 live sports extra Posted at 12:52 More from Mark Wood on BBC Test Match Special: "I can't quite believe it. The summer couldn't have gone any better for me. To miss out at Edgbaston and then to be back here and take the winning wicket is an incredible feeling, one I'll never forget. "I was still shaking in the dressing room half an hour later. Obviously I haven't played a lot because of my injury record but I don't really care, I've won the Ashes.

I wouldn't say I've taken to Test cricket too easily, but today I was relaxed and I just tried to bang out good areas." Share BBC Radio Test Match Special Posted at 12:46 More from Root: "I put my form down to hard work, being very relentless in your practice, and doing the things you don't want to- you've got to face bowling in practice that whistles around your head. This is why you play the game, to be in the dressing room with the lads talking about all the hard work we've put in behind the scenes. "For Cooky to go through what he's gone through and still be as true a man as he is phenomenal for him. When you get beaten like at Lord's it obviously hurts a lot, but the beauty of that was that we had a break and we came back refreshed and we attacked that first morning at Edgbaston having lost the toss." Share BBC Radio Test Match Special Posted at 12:45 More from Joe Root on BBC Test Match Special: "Its hard to put it into words - the way that this squad of players has come together and not relied on one or two individuals.

We bowled them out for 60 when I was wearing the sweater and a few of the other lads are superstitious so I had to keep it on. "I think the credit goes to the bowlers - 20 wickets wins you Test matches, and fingers crossed our good catching can continue, because the fewer chances you need to create the better." Share Read more about these links. Posted at 12:39 More from Trevor Bayliss on TMS: "Edgbaston was a huge turnaround from the Lord's performance - the boys probably thought too much about the opposition, and these performances have been about what we do well. "We have got some things we've got to work on, but if they keep improving, the future is bright. Alastair Cook is a fantastic bloke and I thought his captaincy throughout these four Tests has been spot on. "He's been proactive rather than reactive. We'll enjoy this moment but we've got some hard work in front of us." Share BBC Radio Test Match Special Posted at 12:38 England coach Trevor Bayliss on Test Match Special: "It's been a fantastic effort by the England players. I know how good these Australia players are.

"All credit goes to the players and the people behind the scenes well before I got here. I just try to add things to what was there before and take the team to another level. "I just do things the way I've always done them. I say to the players 'Go out and play your own game' and that's something I try to stick to as a coach. " Share Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day one – as it happened | Sport | The Guardian Ashes 2015 Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day one – as it happened England and Stuart Broad skittled Australia for 60 in the morning and Joe Root piled on the runs in the afternoon to give England a 214-run lead at the close Day two: follow all the action from the Ashes OBO report Updated Joe Root is the first batsman to score a century on day 1 of an Ashes Test batting in the 2nd innings of the match .

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Thursday 6 August 2015 13.42 EDT First published on Thursday 6 August 2015 04.50 EDT 13:42 Right, that’s it from me. What a day. What. A. Day. Stick around on site for Mike Selvey, Vic Marks and Ali Martin’s reports from the Trent Bridge. And join us on the OBO again for tomorrow for more. But for now, cheerio! 13:41 Tom Davies (@tomdaviesE17) This is what being Australian must have felt like in 1993. And 1989. And 94-95. And 2013-14.

I could go on … #Ashes 13:39 Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) Biggest 1st inns lead at end of 1st day: 286 SA v Zim CT 2005 233 Eng v Aus Lord's 1896 214 today 13:38 STUMPS Joe Root walks off at the end of an epic day of play. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian England 274-4 – England lead by 214 runs. Yes, you read that right. About as one-sided a day of Test cricket as you’re ever likely to see. Updated 13:37 65th over: England 274-4 (Root 124, Wood 2) Wood flicks one off the shoulder of the bat but doesn’t take the run available. And the next flashes past the outside edge. He does well to dig out an inswinging attempted yorker from the fourth ball of the over and similarly well with the next. The final ball … is left alone outside off.

13:34 64th over: England 274-4 (Root 124, Wood 2) Wood takes a single off the second ball of Hazlewood’s latest. And a low edge from the nightwatchman just fails to reach the slips later in the over. He survives, though, and will face Mitchell Starc in the actual definite final over of the day. Updated 13:29 63rd over: England 273-4 (Root 124, Wood 1) Root sweeps Lyon for two (off the gloves) and then tickles for a single. And Wood pinches the strike for the final over of the day with a single off the last. 62nd over: England 269-4 (Root 121, Wood 0) And despite being 209 runs ahead on day one, England send out Mark Wood as a nightwatchman. Five minutes remain in one of the best days for the England cricket side in a long, long time. “So Root now has over double the Australian total,” writes Duncan Innes.

“What’s the highest ever ratio between a single player’s score and the opposing team’s total for an innings? Bonus point followup: has anyone’s single innings score ever been higher than the opposition’s match total?” Anyone? WICKET! Bairstow c Rogers b Hazlewood 74 (England 269-4) Jonny Bairstow caught by Australia’s Chris Rogers. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Hazlewood induces a play-and-miss outside off from Bairstow, who has ridden his luck at times in this innings. And then his luck runs out – a straightforward flick off his pad flies straight to Rogers at square leg. Updated 13:20 61st over: England 268-3 (Root 121, Bairstow 74) Lyon once more. Root plants the foot and heaves a slog-sweep into the stands at cow corner. Fine shot.

Updated 13:17 60th over: England 261-3 (Root 114, Bairstow 73) Yet again Hazlewood begins an over with a four-ball – Bairstow driving a half-volley sweetly through the covers for four. He’ll have his sights set on a first Test century tomorrow if he can make it through to the close. Salt? Meet wounds – a bouncer soars high over Neville’s despairing dive and away for four byes that push the England lead past 200. On day one. 13:13 59th over: England 253-3 (Root 114, Bairstow 69) Lyon returns for a little twirl before the close. Root waits brilliantly on a wide one and plays a cut so late it actually happens tomorrow to send the ball bobbling away for four. 13:10 58th over: England 249-3 (Root 110, Bairstow 69) Hazlewood returns and finds himself immediately thumped to the cover boundary for four by Bairstow.

That was a half-volley … and he follows it up with a gentle half-tracker to Root, who pivot-pulls to cow corner for four more. That brings up the 150 partnership off 180 balls. And an inside edge from the next flashes past the stumps for a single. Updated 57th over: England 239-3 (Root 105, Bairstow 64) Warner once more. Nudge and nurdle from Root. 13:01 56th over: England 233-3 (Root 101, Bairstow 63) Johnson continues to bend his back but this is a forlorn Australia now. Thirteen overs remain today but we won’t squeeze them all in.

Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) Most #Ashes Test 100s for England before 25 yrs 3 - Joe Root 2 - Len Hutton Note: Don Bradman by then had already made 7 100s #Ashes2015 12:58 55th over: England 230-3 (Root 101, Bairstow 60) A century for Joe Root! He cuts Warner away for four to move to three figures and Trent Bridge rises in appreciation. It has been a quite sensational innings, one that gets you genuinely wondering about what lofty place he will find in the pantheon come the end of his career. That good. Joe Root celebrates his century. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) Joe Root is the first batsman to score a century on day 1 of an Ashes Test batting in the 2nd innings of the match.

51st over: England 213-3 (Root 91, Bairstow 53) “A friend just texted me: ‘England should declare and claim the last half hour,’” writes my colleague ( and Cricket Pitch host ) Emma John. Bairstow celebrates his fifty with batting partner Joe Root Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Starc is pitching the ball up, giving everything as much chance to swing as possible but Bairstow keeps digging the ball away from middle stump. And Bairstow goes to his half century, his first since these opponents at Lord’s in 2013 , with the faintest of deflections down the leg side. In fact, Snicko shows he’s nowhere near it. 12:54 54th over: England 224-3 (Root 96, Bairstow 59) Johnson continues round the wicket to the two right-handers and yelps an appeal as Root is finally beaten by one that swings in. It’s doing too much, though – probably missing leg, though it wasn’t too far away with the naked eye.

And a couple of balls later England are in full troll mode – a little hesitation as the batsmen come back for a second, Warner does brilliantly in the deep and Johnson collects before shovelling the the ball just wide of the stumps as Bairstow dives for the crease. He would’ve been out had the throw connected. Instead they run an overthrow. 12:49 53rd over: England 221-3 (Root 93, Bairstow 59) Oh my word. Michael Clarke looks heavenwards and no wonder: Warner does indeed trundle in and with his first ball he induced Bairstow into a drive and finds the edge. It zips wide and over second slip in almost taunting fashion. “I’m a Wednesdayite and I think Joe Root has just over taken Michael Palin as my favourite Blade,” writes Simon Jenkins. 12:45 52nd over: England 215-3 (Root 92, Bairstow 54) Johnson continues and tucks Bairstow up just a touch with the third ball of the over but the batsmen aren’t troubled unduly. Australia just want this day to be over.

Meanwhile, David Warner is having a bit of a stretch. A couple of dibbly-dobbling overs may be in the offing. dominic papineau (@dompapineau) @John_Ashdown seeing the ashes is now over can we not invite @BLACKCAPS back for a decider at the oval? 50th over: England 209-3 (Root 91, Bairstow 49) Johnson once more. Root stays watchful outside off. “All this fuss about Stuart Broad,” writes Tom Levesley. “Everyone seems to be forgetting that Tom Levesley took 8-15 for the Brondesbury Casuals in 2001 to guide them to victory at Harrow Rec. I’ve wasted an afternoon looking for the non-existent online archives but someone should still have the scorebook.” 12:31 49th over: England 208-3 (Root 91, Bairstow 48) Starc tempts Bairstow into driving away from his body … but he middles it and sends the ball crashing away through the covers for four.

“If watching Australia bat was like watching the highlights live, then watching Joe Root bat today has been like watching a career highlights reel,” writes Adam Hirst, who’s not wrong. 12:26 48th over: England 197-3 (Root 90, Bairstow 39) Johnson strays wide. Root cuts for four! And again! Pick your own superlative, they’re all good. That takes Root into the 90s and the partnership past 100. 12:18 47th over: England 189-3 (Root 82, Bairstow 39) A reprieve for Bairstow, who gets in a right tangle as Starc bangs one in short. Somehow the top-edge lobs over the slip cordon. And there’s a moment of worry when he starts shuffling down the track in search of a silly single and has to dive back to his crease when Starc picks up and throws at the stumps.

Cricket Gandu (@CricketGandu) 12:14 46th over: England 184-3 (Root 81, Bairstow 35) Oof! Root unfurls a cover drive so majestic it should really have its own throne and sceptre. Or wine shop. He’s now the leading runscorer in the series (and the next three names on that list are Australians, which probably says something about something). Bairstow joins the fun with a clumping drive through mid on for four more. Hazlewood looks dejected, as well he might. Updated 12:09 45th over: England 175-3 (Root 76, Bairstow 31) The selectors couldn’t really have foreseen the extraordinary events today, but the decision to omit Mitchell Marsh is looking a stranger one by the minute. Starc, who has all three wickets thus far but must be feeling a little tired, returns for another blast. Both batsmen nudge singles.

Updated 44th over: England 173-3 (Root 75, Bairstow 30) More good stuff from Hazlewood, who sends down a maiden at Root. Benedict Bermange (@Benedict_B) Only previous England batsman to outscore Australia having batted second at the end of day one was Bobby Abel at Lord's in 1896 12:01 43rd over: England 173-3 (Root 75, Bairstow 30) SHOT! Root skips down the track to Lyon and calmly plants him wide of mid on for four. And tickles the next for a single. Bairstow isn’t finding life quite as straightforward out there, though, and he is forced to fend off a few. Updated 11:57 42nd over: England 168-3 (Root 70, Bairstow 30) When your luck is out, it’s out. Bairstow edges the improving Hazlewood clean through the gap between second and fourth slip. And he follows it up with an odd, one-kneed pull shot for a single.

And Hazlewood ends the over by beating Bairstow’s outside edge once more. Comfortably his best over of the match. In more worrying news for England, Joe Root is struggling a touch with his back. Updated 11:53 40th over: England 161-3 (Root 69, Bairstow 25) Bairstow brings the paddle-sweep out of his box of tricks and tickles Lyon fine for four. That takes the England lead past 100. Before 5pm. On day one. Updated 11:50 39th over: England 156-3 (Root 68, Bairstow 20) Hazlewood, who has gone back to line-and-length basics to some extent, keeps things tight at Bairstow. Root nabbed a single from the first, though, to deny the bowler a maiden. 11:47 38th over: England 155-3 (Root 67, Bairstow 20) Lyon returns as Clarke looks for something, anything, to get his side back into the game.

He doesn’t find it here though – three from the over. 11:43 38th over: England 152-3 (Root 64, Bairstow 20) It’s been a big week for Joe Root. First he finds out that if you leave Championship Manager running for 1,000 years his beloved Sheffield United turn into the greatest team in history . And now he’s outscored the entire Australia XI. He’s done it in some style too. He adds one here and Hazlewood finally draws a play-and-miss, Bairstow driving slightly wildly outside off and connecting only with Nottinghamshire air. Updated 11:39 37th over: England 151-3 (Root 63, Bairstow 20) The England run-rate is still a very healthy four-an-over, and it’s been over five in the last 10 overs. They’re all over Australia here. Bairstow brings up the 50 partnership with a pull for three as Johnson continues and Root picks up four from the next, paddling a pull to fine leg as the bowler struggles to get his bouncer up above waist height.

That moves Root past Australia’s total. Jonathan Bairstow. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Updated 11:33 36th over: England 142-3 (Root 57, Bairstow 17) The inconsistent Hazlewood returns to the attack. Again the over features a four-ball … and Root isn’t going to miss out, chopping past gully for four. He’s in Bell 2013-esque form here. In fact, let’s poor ourselves a glass of something strong and indulge in some Root love: Vithushan (@Vitu_E) August 6, 2015 100 Ashes Quotes (@100ashesquotes) Since he was dropped in 2013-14, Root averages 80 from 16 Tests. And he might be be the world's best batsman by Sunday. 11:28 35th over: England 137-3 (Root 52, Bairstow 17) Whump!

Bairstow’s bottom hand comes to the party – the first ball of Johnson’s next over is a bit of a nothing delivery and is shovelled down to cow corner for four. A thick inside edge from the next though is a whisker away from clattering into the stumps. That was an escape. A bumper later in the over flies away for four more. Fourteen from the over. Here’s Paul Griffin: “This, from the OBO of the first NZ test barely two months ago, seems a very different era...” Another time, another place Photograph: Guardian Wow. I remember writing that . And it was true at the time. But, yep, it seems a million years ago now. Updated 11:23 34th over: England 123-3 (Root 52, Bairstow 7) Root brings up his half century with yet another glorious stroke – a luxury, full-fat, triple chocolate cover drive smothered in caramel and deep fried until golden. Four runs. Joe Root brings up his 50.

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian “In 2010 at MCG after we bowled out Aussies for 98 we were 59 ahead at the end of day one,” notes Tom Bowtell. “Our lead just passed 60 and there are 35 over left today …” Updated 11:19 33rd over: England 119-3 (Root 48, Bairstow 7) Bairstow v Johnson again, and this time the bowler has him in trouble. The batsman keeps planting his foot down a little early and trying to play around that front pad – difficult. It takes an inside edge to save him from the fifth ball. A maiden. Think I might have been the only person to miss this earlier Notts Police (@nottspolice) 11:15 32nd over: England 119-3 (Root 48, Bairstow 7) Starc’s turn to pepper Bairstow with some short stuff.

He escapes – though that’s not really the right word: he’s playing perfectly well – to the non-striker’s end with a push through the off side and Root thrashes Starc’s final ball backward of point for four. In this form, Root pretty much makes you tingle with excitement. “The point about ‘schoolboy (or girl) cricket’ is the stupendous mismatch that sometimes happens,” writes John Starbuck. “A bowler is right on the money in a game and is simply too fast/artful for the opposition, or racks up multiple centuries while all around collapse. Because games at school level often haven’t had the filtering effect of stronger competition, a side can walk all over another one week and fold themselves the next. Hang on, that sounds familiar …” Updated 11:04 30th over: England 107-3 (Root 41, Bairstow 2) “Getting slightly perturbed by the constant mention of Broad’s 8-15 figures as ‘schoolboy stuff’,” writes Tsiloon.

“Maybe we were very mediocre but we never had anyone take eight wickets in an innings, personally would have been happy with that many in a season.” I know what you mean – although, ahem , I did once take four for 18 for the school side. Heady times. Root has started gorgeously after tea – he flicks one off middle stump and away for four through midwicket and follows it up with an even better shot, a glorious tippy-toed punch through the covers for four of the most aesthetically pleasing runs you’re ever likely to see. Updated England have won the Ashes!

Ben Stokes and Mark Wood clean up Australia tail to send sorry tourists home empty handed | Daily Mail Online England win the Ashes as Ben Stokes and Mark Wood clean up Australia tail to send sorry tourists home empty handed England have reclaimed the Ashes after day three of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge Ben Stokes continued his dominance by bowling out Mitchell Starc (0) for his sixth wicket Mark Wood bowled out Josh Hazelwood out for a duck and Nathan Lyon to complete victory England claimed an unassailable 3-1 lead by wining the fourth Test by an innings and 78 runs Anderson returns as England names squad for 5th Ashes test Anderson returns as England names squad for 5th Ashes test Pin it Share England’s Alastair Cook, centre,shakes hands with members of the Australian team after England beat Australia by an innings and 78 runs to win the Ashes during day three of the fourth Ashes Test cricket match, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015.

(AP Photo/Rui Vieira) More LONDON (AP) — Pace bowler James Anderson has been named in England's squad for the fifth and final Ashes test against Australia, but will have to prove his fitness after injury. Anderson missed the decisive fourth test that England won by an innings and 78 runs on Saturday to regain the Ashes with an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series. Despite naming him in the 14-man squad, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Sunday that Anderson "is continuing his recovery from a side strain and will be monitored closely in the build up to the final test." The fifth match of the series starts Aug. 20 at the Oval. "James Anderson is continuing to improve and with 10 days to go before the test may be able to play a part at the Oval although with the series won we will not be taking any chances given the cricket we have in the coming months," national selector James Whitaker said. England had no need for its record test wicket taker to secure a crushing victory in the fourth test at Trent Bridge.

Stuart Broad took eight wickets for 15 runs in Australia's first innings total of 60 and Ben Stokes followed up with 6-36 in the tourists' second innings. ___ England squad: Alastair Cook (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Adam Lyth, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood. Reblog England's Anderson out of fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge England's Anderson out of fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge hidden Jul, 31 2015 16:10:22 IST #Anderson #Ashes 2015 #Australia #Cricket #England #Side strain #Sports #Trent bridge England paceman James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the third Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston and next week's fourth Test at Trent Bridge, it was announced Friday.

Anderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, left the field three balls into his ninth over in Australia's second innings on the second day at Edgbaston on Thursday -- his 33rd birthday. James Anderson leaves the ground after suffering an injury while bowling during day two of the 3rd Ashes Test match. Getty An England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued Friday confirmed that, following an overnight assessment, he had suffered a side strain. "England bowler James Anderson has been ruled out of remainder of the current Investec Ashes Test with a side strain," the statement said. "Anderson will be unavailable for the fourth Test beginning on Thursday 6 August at Trent Bridge and his availability for the final Test in the series (at The Oval on August 20) will be determined in due course." Anderson, whose 413 Test wickets are an England record, took an Ashes-best six for 47 as Australia were skittled out for just 136 in the first innings at Edgbaston.

Recalled fast bowler Steven Finn then took five for 45 on Thursday as Australia slumped to 168 for seven in their second innings, a lead of just 23 runs with three wickets standing. But Anderson's injury could hamper England's bid to go 2-1 up in the five-match Ashes series on Friday as bowling substitutes are not allowed under cricket's rules or Laws, although a replacement fielder is permitted. When he saw Anderson struggle before going off the field after pulling out of his action on Thursday, England great Ian Botham said he feared the Lancastrian would miss the rest of the series. "If it's an intercostal, we won't see him again in this series," former pace bowling all-rounder Botham said on Sky Sports. "You can't sneeze, can't cough, can't laugh. You have to let it heal." Anderson has an especially brilliant Test record at Trent Bridge, with 53 in eight matches at an average of 19.24. Meanwhile six of his 18 returns of five wickets or more in Test innings have come at the Nottingham ground.

He also took 10 wickets across the match in the last Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, in 2013 -- one of two 10-wicket returns he has at Nottinghamshire's headquarters. England could now recall Durham fast bowler Mark Wood, who took part in the first two Ashes Tests but was ruled out with ankle trouble and replaced by Finn at Edgbaston, into their squad for the fourth Test. Other possible replacements for Anderson include Yorkshire's Liam Plunkett, fit-again Warwickshire seamer Chris Woakes and uncapped Derbyshire left-armer Mark Footitt.

AFP Ashes 2015: Stuart Broad takes 8-15 as England eye Ashes win - BBC Sport Ashes 2015: Stuart Broad takes 8-15 as England eye Ashes win By Phil Dawkes Stuart Broad is now England's joint fourth highest Test wicket-taker Fourth Ashes Test, day one, Trent Bridge Australia 60: Extras 14, Johnson 13, Broad 8-15 England 274-4: Root 124*, Bairstow 74, Starc 3-73 England lead by 214 runs Scorecard Stuart Broad took 8-15 as Australia were bowled out for 60 and Joe Root hit a century as England put themselves in a strong position to win the Ashes on the first day of the fourth Test. Broad passed 300 wickets and equalled the fastest Test five-wicket haul - 19 deliveries - as the tourists were dismissed in 111 balls at Trent Bridge. Media playback is not supported on this device Broad delighted with 'dream' day It was the shortest first innings in Test history.

Root's unbeaten 124 helped England to 274-4 at the close, a lead of 214. Alastair Cook scored 43 and Jonny Bairstow made 74, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 173 at more than five runs an overs with Yorkshire team-mate Root. Victory will give England an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series and see them regain the urn they lost courtesy of a 5-0 whitewash in Australia in 2013-14. England closing in on the Ashes? Read more... Click here for the first session in numbers How the Australia innings unfolded Broad, bowling the first over, had Chris Rogers caught at first slip by Alastair Cook with his second ball - claiming his 300th wicket and inflicting a first duck in 46 Test innings on the Australia opener - before Steve Smith edged his sixth delivery to Joe Root at third slip. The Sydney Morning Herald reacts to Australia's first-innings collapse Australia scored 10 runs in that first over, a sixth of their eventual total.

Mark Wood, returning to the England side after missing the third Test win at Edgbaston, struck in the following over when David Warner was caught behind off an inside edge. Broad had Shaun Marsh held by Ian Bell at second slip in his second over and Adam Voges spectacularly taken one-handed by a diving Ben Stokes at fifth slip in his third. Australia captain Michael Clarke became Broad's fifth victim, slashing to Cook at first slip from Broad's 19th ball, equalling the number of deliveries needed by Australia's Ernie Toshack to claim five wickets against India at Brisbane in 1947 - although Toshack did not open the bowling. Steven Finn bowled Peter Nevill to reduce Australia to 33-7 after 9.2 overs, before Broad took the last three wickets as Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson edged to Root at third slip and Nathan Lyon was held by Stokes at sixth slip. There were still 20 minutes until lunch. 'Not even James Bond's script writer...' Australian commentator Jim Maxwell: "This is one of the most embarrassing batting performances in Test history." Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott: "Australia are just poor at batting when the ball moves.

It hasn't moved as much as it did at Edgbaston. Some of the shots have been pathetic. Stuart Broad has just won the game - it's over." Ex-England spinner Graeme Swann: "When a team gets on a roll, you just expect it. The slips expect to catch every ball. As soon as Australia were five down, somehow we knew that they would be all out before lunch. Everything's gone right for England." Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "You get the odd morning like this in county cricket, under overcast skies. But you shouldn't get mornings like this in Ashes cricket. And England haven't even had to do that much - they've just bowled that fourth-stump channel." Test Match Special's Henry Blofeld: "No script writers - even Sam Mendes in all those James Bond films - could have written this." Former Australia bowler Glenn McGrath: "At lunch you thought it couldn't get any worse for Australia, but it has.

It's been the tale of this series for Australia - they haven't adapted to English conditions with bat or ball." Broad's triple century Nottinghamshire seamer Broad, playing his 83rd Test, returned England's third best Ashes bowling figures on Thursday, bettered only by Jim Laker's 9-37 and 10-53 at Old Trafford in 1956, and the third-cheapest eight-wickets in Test history. His five-wicket haul is the fastest taken from the start of a Test innings, beating the 25 balls required by South Africa's Vernon Philander to claim five New Zealand wickets at Cape Town in January 2013. Chris Broad, Stuart's father and ex-England batsman "Stuart chatted to me a couple of days prior to this Test and I was a bit too concerned he was focused on getting one wicket for his 300.

I was a bit worried he would be searching for one if it didn't come early, but to get that in the first over was clearly a huge release." He has now joined team-mate James Anderson, Sir Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman in England's 300 club when he removed Rogers, and his eighth wicket drew him level with Trueman on 307. Anderson, who reached the 300 mark in May 2013, is England's leading wicket-taker with 413, although he is missing the fourth Test with a side injury. Having made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2007, Broad has played in three winning Ashes series - in 2009, 2010-11 and 2013 - and scored a Test century against Pakistan at Lord's in August 2010.

England's top Test wicket-takers 21.57 Root shows the way England again showed some top-order frailty as Adam Lyth was caught behind off Mitchell Starc - the sixth time the Yorkshire opener has failed to reach 20 in seven Ashes innings - before Ian Bell was trapped lbw by the same bowler for one. Captain Cook provided a platform with 43 before he too fell lbw to Starc. But Root again looked a class above everyone else at the crease, scoring his second century of the series and his eighth overall to usurp Rogers as the leading run scorer in the series and underline England's dominance. The 24-year-old is the third player in Test history to double the opposing team's score on the first day of a Test match, after Graeme Smith (against Zimbabwe in 2005) and Alviro Petersen (against new Zealand in 2013). He was ably assisted by Bairstow, who scored his fifth Test half-century in his second match since returning to the side in place of Gary Ballance. And finally... what's in a name?

Share this page Anderson aiming for Oval return Anderson aiming for Oval return Julian Guyer Share View photos England's James Anderson (R), pictured on July 30, 2015, said beating Pakistan would be a top achievement (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis) More Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - England paceman James Anderson hopes to overcome a side injury in time for next month's fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval. Anderson, England's most successful Test bowler with 413 wickets, had to leave the field midway through his ninth over on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston. He was still off the field on Friday as England completed a remarkable eight-wicket win to go 2-1 up in the five-match series with more than two days to spare. An England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued before play on Friday also ruled Anderson out of next week's fourth Test at Trent Bridge -- a ground where he has taken 53 wickets in eight Tests at an average of 19.24. Six of Anderson's 18 returns of five wickets or more in Test innings have also come on the Nottingham ground.

When he saw Anderson struggle before going off the field after pulling out of his action on Thursday, England great Ian Botham said he feared the Lancastrian would miss the rest of the series. "If it's an intercostal (muscle), we won't see him again in this series," former pace bowling all-rounder Botham said on Sky Sports. "You can't sneeze, can't cough, can't laugh. You have to let it heal." But Anderson, who took a personal Ashes best of six for 47 in Australia's meagre first innings 136 at Edgbaston, was optimistic about his chances of appearing at The Oval, where the fifth Test begins on August 20, because he had not suffered an intercostal injury. "I'm not going to play the next game unfortunately, but hopefully I'll be back for the Oval," Anderson told Sky Sports on Friday. "The medical team were pretty happy with me this morning. They checked me over, looked at my movements and they were happy that it didn't look too serious. "It's not an intercostal, that's not the word I heard.

It's a bit sore, I felt something on one of the deliveries." England fast bowler Steven Finn took a Test-best six for 79 in Australia's second innings in what was the man-of-the-match's first Test appearance since 2013. It was the first time that two England bowlers had taken six-wicket hauls in the same Ashes Test since Botham and Bob Willis each achieved the feat in the extraordinary '500/1 match' at Headingley in 1981, where England defied the odds to win after following-on. "Finny was fantastic," said Anderson. "He has been bowling well in the nets and looked like he had never been away. "Credit to him because he has worked so hard." England could now recall Durham fast bowler Mark Wood, who took part in the first two Ashes Tests but was ruled out with ankle trouble and replaced by Finn at Edgbaston, for the fourth Test. Other possible replacements for Anderson include Yorkshire's Liam Plunkett, fit-again Warwickshire seamer Chris Woakes and uncapped Derbyshire left-armer Mark Footitt.

Reblog Australia wins 5th Ashes test by an innings and 46 runs Australia wins 5th Ashes test by an innings and 46 runs Share View photos England’s Alastair Cook, center, celebrates with his teammates following a presentation ceremony on the forth day of the fifth Ashes cricket test between England and Australia at the Oval cricket ground in London, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. England won the five test series against Australia 3-2. (Philip Brown/Pool photo via AP) More LONDON (AP) — Australia defeated England by an innings and 46 runs Sunday in the fifth and final Ashes test for a consolation victory at The Oval. Resuming the fourth day on 203-6, England was all out for 286 in 101.4 overs. Jos Buttler went for 42, driving Mitchell Marsh to Mitchell Starc at mid-off, and Moeen Ali was out for 35. Peter Siddle claimed 4-35 on a rain-hit day as Australia won with more than a day to spare.

England had an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the series, having regained the urn by winning the fourth test at Trent Bridge. But Australia will take some comfort in losing 3-2, rather than 4-1, in captain Michael Clarke's last test. The fifth test took on a familiar pattern with the side which gained the first significant advantage going on to win. None of the five tests lasted their full five days in a series full of batting collapses. At The Oval England never looked in the match after Australia's first innings of 481 — with Steven Smith scoring 143 — and Clarke enforced his first follow-on as captain after England's first-innings 149. The hosts lost their last four second-innings wickets for 83 runs Sunday either side of a two-hour rain break. Siddle made the first breakthrough of an increasingly overcast day, under floodlights in his second over with the second new ball. He beat Mark Wood's forward prod and overturned an initial not-out lbw decision on review. Buttler had worked hard the previous evening, alongside England captain Alastair Cook, to regain form in the attempted rearguard.

But he gave it all away disappointingly eight short of his 50, to the 107th ball he faced, when he chipped Marsh on the up to a tumbling mid-off. Ali and Stuart Broad then batted for 10 overs together - long enough for the forecast rain to arrive and delay the inevitable. But Broad lasted only five more minutes, on the resumption, bowled off-stump after missing a drive at the admirable Siddle. The last act of an oddly uneven series then came when Ali wafted an edge behind off the same bowler. Victory for the hosts would have been the first time the English had ever won four tests in a five-match Ashes series in England. However, England will still be delighted to win a series it was widely expected to lose, and claimed its fourth successive home series victory over Australia. "We had a test match to try and win, but maybe we underestimated the emotional highs from Trent Bridge and how hard it would be to get back up to that level you really need to beat Australia," Cook said. "Of course, we'd love to be sitting here at 4-1 rather than 3-2 ...

It's a little bit disappointing, but I'm not going to worry about it too much tonight." England's vice captain Joe Root was named man of the series with 460 runs. Under its new Australian coach Trevor Bayliss, the series result takes England up to third in the world rankings, just behind Australia with South Africa at the top. England has a series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates followed by a tour of South Africa in the winter coming up. As well as Clarke, who played his 115th test match, 37-year-old opener Chris Rogers is also quitting the international game for Australia. There is a sense this is the last series for the current generation — including Brad Haddin, Shane Watson and Adam Voges — before a new era begins in Australia test cricket under Smith, the newly appointed captain. Clarke, who has now been on the losing side in all four of his Ashes tours, said the team was "full of talent." "There's going to be opportunity for a few of the (young) batters but I'd still like to see a few of the old heads stick around," he said.

"I've always believed the best teams have a mix of youth and experience and I think we can still have that in this Australian team." Clarke also suggested the wickets could be improved. "I'd like to see groundsmen around the world - not just here - have the courage to go with what they think is a good cricket wicket," said Clarke. "I want to see good and fair cricket for both batters and bowlers." Cook understandably took a different view. "The wickets are the same for both sides - in three out of the five test matches we played better than Australia," said Cook. "That's why we've won the Ashes." Reblog Stuart Broad says eight for 15 against Australia was a once in a lifetime spell | Sport | The Guardian Stuart Broad says eight for 15 against Australia was a once in a lifetime spell • Broad: ‘I’m sure I’ll never better that, it was a special morning’ • Joe Root now No1 in the world Test batting rankings Stuart Broad celebrates dismissing Australia’s Steve Smith in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Saturday 8 August 2015 14.38 EDT Last modified on Monday 10 October 2016 21.48 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Stuart Broad said the chances of him bettering his historic eight-wicket burst at Trent Bridge are slim, describing his man-of-the-match performance on the first morning of the fourth Test as a once in a lifetime spell. Broad’s eight for 15, the best figures from a fast bowler in an Ashes Test, effectively sealed the series win inside 93 minutes as Australia’s batsmen folded in 111 balls – the shortest first innings of all time. “That the best spell I’ve bowled,” Broad said. “Our bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, said to me those spells come once in a lifetime. Sometimes you do it for your school, sometimes you do it for your club. But to do it for England against Australia, I couldn’t have dreamt it. 'The final low', pronounce Australia's media after tourists' Ashes fate is sealed Read more “Our catching was spectacular that morning.

It summed up all the hard work we’ve been putting in, that hour and a half. It was a reward. I’m sure I’ll never better that eight for 15 as a bowler. It was a special morning.” Broad picked up a ninth wicket for the Test in Australia’s second innings but had to take a backseat on Saturday morning, watching as the Durham pair, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood, wrapped up the innings victory. Wood claimed the final scalp of Nathan Lyon and took to his imaginary horse in the celebrations, topping off a breakthrough summer with the ball for the 25-year-old from Ashington, who has 18 wickets in his first five Tests. “I can’t quite believe it. The summer couldn’t have gone any better for me,” Wood told BBC’s Test Match Special. “To miss out at Edgbaston and then to be back here and take the winning wicket is an incredible feeling, one I’ll never forget. I was still shaking in the dressing room half an hour later. I haven’t played a lot because of my injury record but I don’t really care, I’ve won the Ashes. “I don’t remember much of taking that last wicket.

That feeling when we were in the group … I think I got stood on about five times. I still have some ear ache from the shouting. It is not great being teetotal as there is champagne everywhere. “I never thought a year ago I would be in the side, let alone taking the final wicket to win it. I wanted to be myself and prove I was good enough. I think there is more to come.” Joe Root’s first innings 130 set up his side’s 391 for nine declared and took him to No1 in the world Test batting rankings – the first England player since Michael Vaughan in 2003. Root has scored 443 runs in the series, with two centuries and two half-centuries, at an average of 71.79. He told Sky Sports: “It’s hard to put it into words – the way that this squad of players has come together and not relied on one or two individuals. “We bowled them out for 60 when I was wearing the sweater and a few of the other lads are superstitious so I had to keep it on.

“The credit goes to the bowlers – 20 wickets wins you Test matches, and fingers crossed our good catching can continue, because the fewer chances you need to create the better.”

Question: Which bowler took the final wicket when England won the Ashes in the fourth test at Trent Bridge this month?
Answer: Mark Wood